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Chateaubelair farmers market

North Leeward, is the country’s largest agriculture center, and yet it did not have 97

a local farmer’s market. Because of this, people had to travel to the capital in
Kingstown to purchase the agricultural products needed for their daily diet and
farmers in the region had to do the same, spending time, money and increasing to
the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, global warming and climate change.

While researching for ways to enhance the economic sustainability of agriculture
projects and to support local farmers, CCC participants found that a Farmers
Market was an ideal way to help develop a community and reactivate the
economy of the village.

In 2016, RVA assisted a group of farmers to start their own weekly Farmer’s
Market in Chateaubelair. During this time, a Facebook page was developed
for the farmer’s market; 10 workshops about organic

agriculture, ecotourism, ways to preserve vegetables
and fruits and how to make